landgraviate

[land-grey-vee-it, -eyt]

noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.

landgraviate

/ lændˈɡreɪvɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈlændɡrəˌveɪt /

noun

1. the domain or position of a landgrave or landgravine

Word History and Origins

Origin of landgraviate¹

1650–60; < Medieval Latin landgraviātus. See landgrave ( Medieval Latin landgravius ), -ate ³

Example Sentences

It was till 1866 a landgraviate and electorate of Germany, consisting of several detached masses of territory, to the N.E. of Frankfort-on-the-Main.

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On his father’s death in 1567 he received one half of Hesse, with Cassel as his capital; and this formed the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel.

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During the 18th century the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War dealt heavy blows at the prosperity of the landgraviate, which was always loyal to the house of Austria.

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Hesse-Nassau was formed in 1867-1868 out of the territories which accrued to Prussia after the war of 1866, namely, the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel and the duchy of Nassau, in addition to the greater part of the territory of Frankfort-on-Main, parts of the grand-duchy of Hesse, the territory of Homburg and the countship of Hesse-Homburg, together with certain small districts which belonged to Bavaria.

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HESSE-ROTENBURG, a German landgraviate which was broken up in 1834.

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